§206-37  Conveyance, lease, or agreement inaid of development projects, purchase of bonds.  For the purpose of aidingand cooperating in the planning, construction, and operation of developmentprojects located within their respective territorial boundaries, the politicalsubdivisions of the State or other departments and agencies of the State may,upon such terms, with or without consideration, as it may determine:

(1)  Dedicate, grant, sell, convey, lease any of itsproperty, or grant easements, licenses, or any other rights or privilegestherein to the board of land and natural resources or to the United States orany agency thereof;

(2)  To the extent that it is within the scope of eachof their respective functions:

(A)  Cause the services customarily provided byeach of them to be rendered for the benefit of development projects and theoccupants thereof;

(B)  Provide and maintain parks and sewage,water, lights, and other facilities adjacent to or in connection with theprojects;

(C)  Open, close, pave, install, or change thegrade of streets, roads, roadways, alleys, sidewalks, or other facilities; and

(D)  Change the map of a political subdivisionor plan, replan, zone, or rezone any part of a political subdivision;

(3)  Enter into agreements with the board with respectto the exercise of their powers relating to the preparation of designateddevelopment areas for such projects;

(4)  Employ (notwithstanding the provisions of anyother laws as to what constitutes legal investments) any available fundsbelonging to them or within their control, including funds derived from thesale or furnishing of property or facilities to the board, in the purchase ofthe bonds or other obligations of the board to the extent provided by section206-33, and exercise all the rights of any holder of such bonds or otherobligations;

(5)  Do any and all things necessary or convenient toaid and cooperate in the planning, undertaking, and construction of thedevelopment projects;

(6)  Enter into contracts with the board or the UnitedStates for any period, agreeing to exercise any of the powers conferred herebyor to take any other action in aid of the development projects.

In connection with the exercise of this power,any political subdivision may incur the entire expense of any publicimprovements located within its territorial boundaries without assessmentagainst abutting property owners.

For the purpose of aiding and cooperating inthe planning, construction, and operation of development projects, the board,in its powers of management of the public lands, may use public lands for thepurposes of this chapter, and the Hawaiian homes commission and any otherofficers of the State having power to manage or dispose of its public lands,may, with the approval of the governor and with or without consideration,grant, sell, convey, or lease for any period, any parts of such public lands(without limit as to area) to the board for the purposes of this chapter or tothe United States or any agency thereof.

Any law or statute to the contrarynotwithstanding, any gift, grant, sale, conveyance, lease, or agreementprovided for in this section may be made by any other department or agency ofthe State or political subdivisions of the State, without appraisal, publicnotice, advertisement, or public bidding.

If at any time title to, or possession of, anydevelopment project is held by any public body or governmental agencyauthorized by law to engage in development projects or administration ofdevelopment projects, including any agency or instrumentality of the UnitedStates, the provisions of any agreement made under this chapter relating tosuch project shall inure to the benefit of, and may be enforced by, such publicbody or governmental agency.

Insofar as the provisions of this section areinconsistent with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of thissection shall be controlling. [L 1961, c 6, §35; Supp, §98J-35; HRS §206-37]